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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Onus on the CBI: on the case against P. Chidambaram"
- Onus - if the onus is on someone to do something, it is their responsibility or duty to do it
- Agency - a government department, or an organization connected with a government, that deals with a particular subject
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Arraignment - to order someone to go to a court of law to be formally charged with a crime
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Charge - an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime
- Flashpoint - a situation in which serious problems are likely to develop
- Principal - main, or most important
- Run-up - to make something very quickly
- On the eve of something - on the day before an important event, or during the period of time just before it
- No-confidence motion - a voting process in which people show that they do not support a person or group in power
- Charge sheet - an official record in which the police write down the names of people they have accused of a crime
- Subsidiary - a company that is owned by a larger company
- Conglomerate - a large business organization formed when several different businesses join together
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Bribery - the crime of giving money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal
- Exceed - to go above an official limit
- Uncertainty - the fact that something is not known or has not been decided
- Intention - a plan in your mind to do something
- Vastly - to a great degree
- Trial - the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent
- Quid pro quo - something that you offer or give to someone in return for something that they have offered or given you
- Evidence - facts or physical signs that help to prove something
- Acquit - to state officially that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of
- Concerned - involved in something, or affected by something
- Disprove - to prove that something is not correct or true
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Vendetta - a situation in which someone has angry and negative feelings towards someone else and keeps trying to harm them or to cause problems for them
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Ortega’s choice: on the political unrest in Nicaragua"
- Unrest - angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something
- Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
- Oust - to remove someone from a position of power, especially in order to take that position
- Dictator - someone who uses force to take and keep power in a country
- Evoke - to bring a particular emotion, idea, or memory into your mind
- Abate - to gradually become less serious or extreme
- Dig your heels in - to refuse to change your plans or ideas, especially when someone is trying to persuade you to do so
- Veteran - someone who was in the armed forces, especially during a war
- Prolong - to make something last longer
- Bloody - extremely violent and involving a lot of blood and injuries
- Conflict - fighting between countries or groups
- Confrontation - a situation in which people or groups are arguing angrily or are fighting
- Claim - if war, disease, or an accident claims someone’s life, they die as a result of it
- Trigger - to make something happen
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
- Perceive - to notice or realize something
- Provocation - something that causes you to react in an angry or violent way, often something that is intended to cause such a reaction
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
- Rescind - to state officially that something such as a law or an agreement has ended and no longer has legal authority
- Morph - to change from one thing into another by small and interconnected steps
- Broad-based - used to describe something that will affect many different places, activities, etc
- Opposition - strong disagreement with a plan or policy, especially when this is shown in active attempts to prevent something
- Speculation - ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
- Groom - to prepare someone for a special job or activity
- Coalesce - to come together and form a group or a single unit
- Civic - relating to the people who live in a town or city or the duties and responsibilities that they have as citizens
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Democracy - a system of government in which people vote in elections to choose the people who will govern them
- Paramilitary - a paramilitary group is organized like an army but is not official and often not legal
- Depict - to represent or show something
- Savagery - behaviour that is cruel and violent
- Rescue - to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Wound - an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously
- Viral - very popular and spreading very quickly, especially on the Internet
- Volunteer - someone who is not paid for the work that they do
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Rapid - happening, moving, or acting quickly
- Forecast - a statement about what is likely to happen, based on available information and usually relating to the weather, business, or the economy
- Substantial - large in amount or degree
- Ascribe to something to something - to believe something is the cause of something else
- Unrest - angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Persist - to continue to do or say something in a determined way
- Breakdown - a situation in which something has failed or is beginning to fail
- Dialogue - a process in which two people or groups have discussions in order to solve problems
- Protester - someone who publicly shows their opposition to something such as a law or policy
- Erupt - to start suddenly with a lot of violence or noise
- Relinquish - to give up your power, position, or an advantage, especially when you do not want to do this
- Validate - to officially prove that something is true or correct
- Deteriorate - to become worse
- Conversely - used for introducing a sentence, or part of a sentence, which says something that is the opposite of the other part
- Unified - a unified system or policy is the same everywhere it is used
- Discontent - the unhappy feeling that you have when you are not satisfied with something
- Invincibility - too strong to be defeated
- Crackdown - strong action that someone in authority takes to stop a particular activity
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